We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.

Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.

Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with the intellect and disposition, only it is frequently less apparent, and we give ourselves but little trouble to discover it.

Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.

We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.

Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison.

There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds are perpetually at fault among the sweet-scented herbs and flowers that grow at the base of Etna.